Hn6202 - Miyako area [Hiraiga Fm]: Late Aptian - Early Albian, Japan
collected by Kase
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Orbitolinidae
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Orbitolina sp.
D'Orbigny 1850
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 39.9° North, 141.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.8° North, 151.3° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 - Cretaceous 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Aptian - Early Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.57 - 110.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Miyako | Formation: | Hiraiga | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Hiraiga Fm of the Miyako Gp. AGE: Late Aptian-Early Albian; justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper part of Orbitolina facies of the Hiraiga Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gray sandy siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Kase |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: T. Kase. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods; other taxa (namely bivalves and foraminifera) often present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91254 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-13 16:34:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-09-13 16:34:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30704. | T. Kase. 1984. Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan 1-262 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |